1977 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh

1977 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh

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42 seats
First party Second party   Leader Jalagam Vengala Rao Neelam Sanjiva Reddy Party INC(R) JP Alliance Congress alliance Janata alliance Leader's seat Did not contest Nandyala Last election 28 New Seats won 41 1 Seat change 13 New Popular vote 9,582,708 5,400,643 Percentage 57.36% 32.33% Swing 1.63% New
Andhra Pradesh
Prime Minister before election Indira Gandhi INC Prime Minister after election Morarji Desai JP

The 1977 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh were held for 42 seats in the state. The result was a landslide victory for the Indian National Congress (R) which won 41 out of 42 seats. ^[1]

List of Candidates

Constituency
		BLD+			INC
1	Srikakulam		BLD	Gouthu Latchanna		INC	Rajgopalarao Boddepalli
2	Parvathipuram (ST)		BLD	Satya Prasad Thatraj Veeravara Thodarmal		INC	Vyrichearla Kishore Chandra Suryanarayana Deo
3	Bobbili		BLD	Peesapati Pundarikaksha Chari		INC	Pusapati Vijayrama Gajapathi Raju
4	Visakhapatnam		BLD	Tenneti Viswanathan		INC	Dronamraju Satyanarayana
5	Bhadrachalam (ST)		BLD	P. Vani Ramanarao		INC	Radha Bai Ananda Rao
6	Anakapalli		BLD	Chalapathi Rao P. V.		INC	Appalanaidu S. R. A. S.
7	Kakinada		BLD	Vaddi Mutyalaro		INC	Sanjeevi Rao M. S.
8	Rajahmundry		BLD	Manthena Venkata Surya Subbaraju		INC	Pattabhirama Rao S. B. P.
9	Amalapuram (SC)		BLD	B. V. Ramanayya		INC	Kusuma Krishna Murty
10	Narasapur		CPI(M)	Uddaraju Ramam		INC	Alluri Subhash Chandra Bose
11	Eluru		BLD	Krishna Murthy Garapati		INC	Kommareddy Suryanarayana
12	Machilipatnam		BLD	Vadde Sobhanadreswara Rao		INC	Ankineedu Maganti
13	Vijayawada		BLD	Gottipati Murali Mohan		INC	Godey Murahari
14	Tenali		CPI(M)	Gunturu Bapanaiah		INC	Meduri Nageswara Rao
15	Guntur		BLD	Kasaraneini Sadasiva Rao		INC	Kotha Raghuramaiah
16	Bapatla		BLD	Jagarlamudi Chandramouli		INC	Ankineedu Prasada Rao Pamulapati
17	Narasaraopet		BLD	Illuri Kotireddy		INC	Brahmananda Reddy Kasu
18	Ongole		BLD	Muppavarapu Venkaiah (Venkaiah Naidu)		INC	Puli Venkata Reddy
19	Nellore (SC)		CPI(M)	Prappancha Bhanuraju Thummalagunta		INC	Kamakshaiah Doddavarapu
20	Tirupati (SC)		BLD	Allam Krishnaiah		INC	Balakrishnaiah Tambura
21	Chittoor		BLD	N. P. Changalraya Naidu		INC	P. Rajagopal Naidu
22	Rajampet		BLD	P. Thimma Reddy		INC	Pothuraju Parthasarathi
23	Cuddapah		BLD	Vutukuru Rami Reddy		INC	Kandala Obul Reddy
24	Hindupur		BLD	K. Ramachandra Reddy		INC	P. Bayapa Reddy
25	Anantapur		BLD	D. Narayanaswamy		INC	Darur Pullaiah
26	Kurnool		BLD	Somappa		INC	K. Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy
27	Nandyal		BLD	Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy		INC	Pendakanti Venkata Subbaiah
28	Nagarkurnool (SC)		BLD	Puttapaga Padhakrishna		INC	Mailala Bheeshma Dev
29	Mahabubnagar		BLD	D. K. Satya Reddy		INC	J. Rameshwara Rao
30	Hyderabad		BLD	Mir Ahmed Ali Khan		INC	K. S. Narayana
31	Secunderabad		BLD	T. Laxmi Kantamma		INC	M. M. Hashim
32	Siddipet (SC)		BLD	T. N. Sadalakshmi		INC	G. Venkataswamy
33	Medak		BLD	Narasimba Reddy		INC	Mallikarjun
34	Nizamabad		BLD	Gangareddy		INC	Mudaganti Ram Gopal Reddy
35	Adilabad		BLD	Gopidi Ganga Reddy		INC	G. Narsimha Reddy
36	Peddapalli (SC)		BLD	Bangaru Lakshman		INC	V. Tulsiram
37	Karimnagar		BLD	Juvvadi Gautama Rao		INC	M. Satyanarayan Rao
38	Hanamkonda		BLD	P. Janardhan Reddy		INC	P. V. Narasimha Rao
39	Warangal		BLD	Jangareddy Chandabatla		INC	S. B. Giri
40	Khammam		CPI(M)	Yalamanchili Radha Krushna Murthy		INC	Jalagam Kondala Rao
41	Nalgonda		BLD	Marepalli Jagan Mohan Reddy		INC	Mohd. Abdul Lateef
42	Miryalguda		CPI(M)	Bhimireddi Narasimha Reddy		INC	G. S. Reddy

Voting and results

Results by Party

Party Name				Popular vote			Seats
				Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
	INC			95,82,708	57.36	1.63	42	41	13
	BLD			54,00,643	32.33	New	37	1	1
	CPI(M)			7,86,719	4.71	1.89	6	0	1
	CPI			4,46,044	2.67	3.27	10	0	1
	Others			18,991	0.11		3	0
	IND			4,70,018	2.81	5.40	67	0	1
Total				1,67,05,123	100%	-	165	42	-

List of MPs won

Constituency		Winner					Runner-up					Margin
		Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
1	Srikakulam	Rajgopalarao Boddepalli		INC	187,125	49.12	Gouthu Latchanna		BLD	178,391	46.83	8,734	2.29
2	Parvathipuram (ST)	Kishore Chandra Deo		INC	174,454	55.00	Satya Prasad Thatraj Veeravara Thodarmal		BLD	142,710	45.00	31,744	10.00
3	Bobbili	Pusapati Vijayrama Gajapathi Raju		INC	171,095	51.75	Peesapati Pundarikaksha Chari		BLD	119,507	36.15	51,588	15.60
4	Visakhapatnam	Dronamraju Satyanarayana		INC	171,657	51.00	Tenneti Viswanathan		BLD	128,828	38.28	42,829	12.72
5	Bhadrachalam (ST)	Radha Bai Ananda Rao		INC	155,198	59.91	P. Vani Ramanarao		BLD	59,230	22.86	95,968	37.05
6	Anakapalli	Appalanaidu S. R. A. S.		INC	199,228	54.30	Chalapathi Rao P. V.		BLD	163,292	44.51	35,936	9.79
7	Kakinada	Sanjeevirao M. S.		INC	269,017	61.89	Vaddi Mutyalarao		BLD	145,749	33.53	123,268	28.36
8	Rajahmundry	Pattabhirama Rao S. B. P.		INC	292,323	61.07	Manthena Venkata Surya Subbaraju		BLD	175,564	36.68	116,759	24.39
9	Amalapuram (SC)	Kusuma Krishna Murty		INC	271,982	64.68	B. V. Ramanayya		BLD	135,993	32.34	135,989	32.34
10	Narasapur	Alluri Subhash Chandra Bose		INC	256,519	55.65	Uddaraju Ramam		CPI(M)	142,162	30.84	114,357	24.81
11	Eluru	Kommareddy Suryanarayana		INC	290,410	63.62	Krishna Murthy Garapati		BLD	156,377	34.25	134,033	29.37
12	Machilipatnam	Ankineedu Maganti		INC	262,551	57.48	Vadde Sobhanadreswara Rao		BLD	185,622	40.64	76,929	16.84
13	Vijayawada	Godey Murahari		INC	239,733	52.78	Gottipati Murali Mohan		BLD	119,696	26.35	120,037	26.43
14	Tenali	Meduri Nageswara Rao		INC	244,928	55.76	Gunturu Bapanaiah		CPI(M)	187,191	42.62	57,737	13.14
15	Guntur	Kotha Raghuramaiah		INC	290,914	57.43	Kasaraneini Sadasiva Rao		BLD	205,385	40.54	85,529	16.89
16	Bapatla	Ankineedu Prasada Rao Pamulapati		INC	253,438	53.84	Jagarlamudi Chandramouli		BLD	210,492	44.72	42,946	9.12
17	Narasaraopet	Brahmananda Reddy Kasu		INC	246,146	58.10	Illuri Kotireddy		BLD	158,075	37.31	88,071	20.79
18	Ongole	Puli Venkata Reddy		INC	252,206	55.97	Muppavarapu Venkaiah Alias Venkaiah Naidu		BLD	162,881	36.14	89,325	19.83
19	Nellore (SC)	Kamakshaiah Doddavarapu		INC	272,184	66.14	Prappancha Bhanuraju Thummalagunta		CPI(M)	129,404	31.44	142,780	34.70
20	Tirupathi (SC)	Balakrishnaiah Tambura		INC	240,394	54.56	Allam Krishnaiah		BLD	200,214	45.44	40,180	9.12
21	Chittoor	P. Rajagopal Naidu		INC	229,252	49.98	N. P. Changalraya Naidu		BLD	218,805	47.70	10,447	2.28
22	Rajampet	Pothuraju Parthasarathi		INC	233,844	54.58	P. Thimma Reddy		BLD	179,293	41.85	54,551	12.73
23	Cuddapah	Kandala Obul Reddy		INC	232,351	48.84	Vutukuru Rami Reddy		BLD	224,789	47.25	7,562	1.59
24	Hindupur	P. Bayapa Reddy		INC	236,797	60.76	K. Ramachandra Reddy		BLD	146,764	37.66	90,033	23.10
25	Anantapur	Darur Pullaiah		INC	215,279	55.43	D. Narayanaswamy		BLD	173,071	44.57	42,208	10.86
26	Kurnool	K. Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy		INC	270,741	75.69	Somappa		BLD	71,385	19.96	199,356	55.73
27	Nandyal	Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy		BLD	258,147	53.19	Pendakanti Venkata Subbaiah		INC	222,404	45.83	35,743	7.36
28	Nagarkurnool (SC)	Mailala Bheeshma Dev		INC	238,388	67.34	Puttapaga Padhakrishna		BLD	115,625	32.66	122,763	34.68
29	Mahbubnagar	J. Rameshwara Rao		INC	216,455	62.98	D. K. Satya Reddy		BLD	121,966	35.49	94,489	27.49
30	Hyderabad	K. S. Narayana		INC	156,295	46.00	Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi		IND	91,227	26.85	65,068	19.15
31	Secunderabad	M. M. Hashim		INC	160,230	48.62	T. Laxmi Kantamma		BLD	156,383	47.46	3,847	1.16
32	Siddipet (SC)	G. Venkataswamy		INC	232,377	64.21	T. N. Sadalakshmi		BLD	129,507	35.79	102,870	28.42
33	Medak	Mallikarjun		INC	239,813	67.00	Narasimba Reddy		BLD	96,303	26.91	143,510	40.09
34	Nizamabad	Mudaganti Ram Gopal Reddy		INC	252,291	70.66	Gangareddy		BLD	92,898	26.02	159,393	44.64
35	Adilabad	G. Narsimha Reddy		INC	167,410	57.47	Gopidi Ganga Reddy		BLD	96,244	33.04	71,166	24.43
36	Peddapalli (SC)	V. Tulsiram		INC	209,187	65.40	Bangaru Lakshman		BLD	104,110	32.55	105,077	32.85
37	Karimnagar	M. Satyanarayan Rao		INC	210,349	58.83	Juvvadi Gautma Rao		BLD	96,301	26.93	114,048	31.90
38	Hanamkonda	P. V. Narsimha Rao		INC	231,593	59.32	P. Janardhan Reddy		BLD	153,910	39.43	77,683	19.89
39	Warangal	S. B. Giri		INC	251,211	65.49	Jangareddy Chandabatla		BLD	128,589	33.52	122,622	31.97
40	Khammam	Jalagam Kondala Rao		INC	208,617	51.30	Yalamanchili Radha Krushna Murthy		CPI(M)	122,628	30.16	85,989	21.14
41	Nalgonda	Mohd. Abdul Lateef		INC	208,892	53.37	Marepalli Jagan Mohan Reddy		BLD	101,858	26.03	107,034	27.34
42	Miryalguda	G. S. Reddy		INC	217,430	49.40	Bhimireddi Narasimha Reddy		CPI(M)	167,751	38.11	49,679	11.29

See also

• Elections in Andhra Pradesh

References

1. "Past Election Results". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 May 2019.

External links

• Website of Election Commission of India
• CNN-IBN Lok Sabha Election History